Robyn L. Williams, CFE
Biography
Robyn Williams has worked in the public assembly facility management field for more than thirty years in Texas, North Carolina and Oregon-where she is currently Executive Director for Portland’5 Centers for the Arts. Portland’5 consists of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Keller Auditorium and the Newmark,Winningstad and Brunish Theatres in Antoinette Hatfield Hall.
Robyn is a member and past president of the International Association of Venue Managers. She was a 15 year instructor and Past Chair of the Board of Regents for IAVM’s Venue School. She is a past chair and trustee for the IAVM Foundation. She is a Certified Venue Executive.
Portland’5 was one of the first performing arts centers to obtain the Global Biorisk Advisory Committee’s GBAC Star accreditation. Their template became the standard for all other performing arts centers in the US.
In 2007, Robyn was voted one of the “Top Five Women of Influence” by Venues Today magazine. In 2018 she was awarded the Charles A McElravy award for extraordinary contributions to IAVM and the public assembly facility management field. In 2022, she received the IAVM Foundation’s Legacy Award.
Robyn is also a visual artist working in found and recycled object assemblage. She’s married to attorney Roger Scarbrough and they are the proud parents of two rescue dogs and a cat from hell.